Saturday, March 29, 2014
Rainy Day video
Thought I'd share with you a video of my my latest purchases.
As soon as the weather is better I will take proper photos!
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
Ps- this video is completely unedited. I'm being brave.
Wedding Crafts
Going into the wedding I had a lot of grandiose ideas about all of the crafting I would get done and all of the things I would make myself for our big day. Pinterest inspired me to take on about a billion different projects and tasks, and thanks to a lot of help from family and friends we were able to complete quite a few of them. (ps- it doesn't hurt that, like me, all of my closest friends have a college degree in art!)
Then our wedding date did this really nasty thing- it totally crept up on me! Between moving into our house, the wedding, and the holidays my plate was totally full. I had to decide which projects were most important to me, and focus my time and energy on those.
The centerpieces and flowers topped the list. Not only was I most excited about this project, but the amount of money it saved us was awesome!!
The tricky thing about taking on the responsibility of flowers is that while it may sound like a relatively small job, flower are EVERYWHERE in a wedding. Everywhere.
I went up to Pennsylvania two days before the wedding along with my Mom, Mare, and two bridesmaids and we assembled all of the centerpieces, bouquets, and boutonnieres. We brought all of the greenery from home in 4 huge trash bags and we had pre-made all of the flowers in small batches in the months leading up to the wedding. All we had to do in the hotel meeting room was arrange the mercury glass vases (also made ahead of time), bouquets and boutonnieres.
It wasn't until 9 pm on our wedding eve that I realized that we hadn't made the cake topper yet- something I wanted to make using the same greenery and flowers as the centerpieces. Thankfully, we had a hotel room full of our wedding party and my girls helped me bust them out with little stress.
In the end, I LOVE how everything turned out. Not only did I get to spend a lot of creative time with friends and family, but I also saved us tons of money! In total I think I spent about $200 on all of the supplies I needed for ALL centerpiece/flower decor. We had 20 table centerpieces, 5 bouquets, 7 boutonnieres. I can't even do the math on that- I just know it's AMAZING.
I should also mention that we made the table numbers, frames, and favors that you will see in the images below. Enjoy!
Then our wedding date did this really nasty thing- it totally crept up on me! Between moving into our house, the wedding, and the holidays my plate was totally full. I had to decide which projects were most important to me, and focus my time and energy on those.
The centerpieces and flowers topped the list. Not only was I most excited about this project, but the amount of money it saved us was awesome!!
The tricky thing about taking on the responsibility of flowers is that while it may sound like a relatively small job, flower are EVERYWHERE in a wedding. Everywhere.
I went up to Pennsylvania two days before the wedding along with my Mom, Mare, and two bridesmaids and we assembled all of the centerpieces, bouquets, and boutonnieres. We brought all of the greenery from home in 4 huge trash bags and we had pre-made all of the flowers in small batches in the months leading up to the wedding. All we had to do in the hotel meeting room was arrange the mercury glass vases (also made ahead of time), bouquets and boutonnieres.
It wasn't until 9 pm on our wedding eve that I realized that we hadn't made the cake topper yet- something I wanted to make using the same greenery and flowers as the centerpieces. Thankfully, we had a hotel room full of our wedding party and my girls helped me bust them out with little stress.
In the end, I LOVE how everything turned out. Not only did I get to spend a lot of creative time with friends and family, but I also saved us tons of money! In total I think I spent about $200 on all of the supplies I needed for ALL centerpiece/flower decor. We had 20 table centerpieces, 5 bouquets, 7 boutonnieres. I can't even do the math on that- I just know it's AMAZING.
I should also mention that we made the table numbers, frames, and favors that you will see in the images below. Enjoy!
Three boutonniere. Made with tissue paper flowers and live greenery.
bouquets, made with silver christmas bulbs, handmade flowers and greenery.
A "thank you" card greeted each guest at their seat, along with their favor box. I used silver pipe cleaners to create a monogram that embellished each card.
Great view of the mercury glass vases!
My friend Annie has beautiful handwriting, so she helped me address all the seating cards.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
The Big Update
Hello out there! Hello 2014! Hello Spring!!
I'm going to ignore the fact that it's been over 6 months since I've blogged and just jump right in :)
So much is new with us:
-we married! (lots of details on that to follow)
-we moved into a house 3 weeks before the wedding (insane)
-I've reopened my etsy store and have been stocking it like a mad woman
-we are planning our honeymoon for June
-I turned 31 last week, and Joe will catch up next month (ps- I am thrilled to be 31. Each year gets better and better)
-we're/I am doing lots of renovations and home projects while Joe works on the weekends
Basically life has settled down for us and remains chaotic all at the same time. We are both very happy newlyweds, and although it sounds really weird to say- I finally feel like myself again. No more wedding stress. No more snow storms here in the northeast. And no more moving stress. Life is good, and I'm excited to document it again :)
Happy Sunday!
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